This guts positioning and movement was on point 

 

Why did we sign him just to sit on the bench?

See him play at Luton for the 23s a couple of weeks ago believe me this lad is far from ready. 

1 hour ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Why did we sign him just to sit on the bench?

I actually have no idea why we signed the lad anyway as we failed to then loan him out and left him stranded here. Seeing how the clowns we have in charge have acted so far, it wouldn't suprise me if they saw the name Washington and thought he has to end up brilliant. Added to Jackson, just need Maddison and then resigning Kennedy next. Trawling through the Brazilian third division desparately looking for a Patton or Lincoln.

1 hour ago, turnyitb said:

See him play at Luton for the 23s a couple of weeks ago believe me this lad is far from ready. 

They paid €20m for him which is ridiculous for a player not ready. If he can’t start against a championship team, what is his level presently?

16 minutes ago, ducavis said:

They paid €20m for him which is ridiculous for a player not ready. If he can’t start against a championship team, what is his level presently?

Thank they wanted him to go to Strasbourg, along with Santos, but Ziyech and Lukaku pinched those spots.

At this point starting him is better than nothing.

7 hours ago, turnyitb said:

See him play at Luton for the 23s a couple of weeks ago believe me this lad is far from ready. 

Which circles back the start of that sentence, why did we sign him? We’ve wasted an ungodly amount of money on bang average players. Confusing strategy. 

15 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Why did we sign him just to sit on the bench?

If we signed him for around £5m or so then yeah but to spend just under £20m on an unproven youngster who we are hesitant to give any minutes is bizarre. Didn't understand it at the time and even more don't understand now. It is clear Poch doesn't think he is ready as there have been times we are looking for the goal and he hasn't even been brought on. Looks probably a bit too lightweight and out his depth. Desperately needs a loan and someone in the board needs to have a Q & A forum so fans can understand the logic behind this.

Thread deserves a little bump considering we may be seeing a little more of Washington now considering he is our only other number 9 apart from Jackson. Short cameo against Wolves perhaps.

Edited February 2, 20242 yr by Erik

31 minutes ago, Erik said:

Thread deserves a little bump considering we may be seeing a little more of Washington now considering he is our only other number 9 apart from Jackson. Short cameo against Wolves perhaps.

The bloke could be the next Pele for all it matters. Wouldn't expect him to get any time under Poch.

On 02/02/2024 at 23:18, Gonoir Beniashile said:

The bloke could be the next Pele for all it matters. Wouldn't expect him to get any time under Poch.

Spot on.

He talks about meritocracy, but I don’t believe him. Sterling will continue to get picked despite running into players again and again. 

22 minutes ago, nonotnowjim said:

Spot on.

He talks about meritocracy, but I don’t believe him. Sterling will continue to get picked despite running into players again and again. 

The other baffling thing about Poch is that he seems determined not to give a run of games to some players. Just when Madueke and Mudryk look like they might be getting some form he benches them. These young players need consistent minutes.

4 minutes ago, Gonoir Beniashile said:

The other baffling thing about Poch is that he seems determined not to give a run of games to some players. Just when Madueke and Mudryk look like they might be getting some form he benches them. These young players need consistent minutes.

Yep - just made the same point on Mudryk thread. 

Scored a good goal for the under 21s, wonder if we'll put him back on our bench with Nkunku out for a few weeks. 

3 hours ago, timetowaste said:

Scored a good goal for the under 21s, wonder if we'll put him back on our bench with Nkunku out for a few weeks. 

Why bother when you can stick Sanchez & Bettinelli on the bench. Poch said the young players have to earn it, he needs to be scoring hat tricks regularly. 

It's a well taken goal for sure ... but he's on 2 goals in 346 minutes in Premier League 2 now, so I don't think we need to get too carried away just yet ... 

I would definitely try and have cover for all positions on the bench though. Don't agree with the multiple bench keepers idea, but I suppose it reinforces the message to the owners that we desperately need a decent striker (or two) !

 

Think it's mental for Poch to have 2 GKs on the bench instead of a young striker, likely a dig to the owners for not backing him in the winter. How much we paid for this lad again? Except a bit more even he's signed purely on future growth

It's ridiculous to have two keepers on the bench. If you're a young kid with potential there are only three reason to choose Chelsea

 

1. Cash

2. Long contract 

3  Short walk to the Tube

It's hard to think of another top flight club with less confidence on their academy players than us.

50 minutes ago, loz said:

It's ridiculous to have two keepers on the bench. If you're a young kid with potential there are only three reason to choose Chelsea

 

1. Cash

2. Long contract 

3  Short walk to the Tube

It's hard to think of another top flight club with less confidence on their academy players than us.

Don't get the two keepers on the bench thing at all, I swear we've been doing it for years now. 

21 hours ago, Sexyfootball said:

It's a well taken goal for sure ... but he's on 2 goals in 346 minutes in Premier League 2 now, so I don't think we need to get too carried away just yet ... 

I would definitely try and have cover for all positions on the bench though. Don't agree with the multiple bench keepers idea, but I suppose it reinforces the message to the owners that we desperately need a decent striker (or two) !

 

If we are going to give an academy striker a chance, then Ronnie Stutter would seem to be more logical choice. 9 goals from last 11 games I think.

Is there any positives at all to this transfer?

- 20M transfer to play PL2, which is weaker than regular minutes in Brazil's top tier.

- Weakened Santos to the point of relegation. Not saying he saves them but he'd certainly have helped.

- Weakened our position even further with FFP.

Should be on the bench and coming on and getting minutes.

40 minutes ago, jack_super_class said:

Should be on the bench and coming on and getting minutes.

Don't think he's ready physically but honestly at this point might as well give him a run out. 

14 hours ago, Remodez said:

Don't think he's ready physically but honestly at this point might as well give him a run out. 

If he is not ready physically, then the last thing you want him to do is to give him a run out. 

5 hours ago, Bob stark said:

If he is not ready physically, then the last thing you want him to do is to give him a run out. 

Normally I would agree but a 20 min or so cameo is not going to make or break anything at this stage.